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N.Y. shuttle provider adding 12 New Flyer clean-diesel buses
Golden Touch, a subsidiary of Transdev North America, will deploy the buses at John F. Kennedy International Airport to support the expansion of Delta Air Lines’ JFK Jitney Shuttle service that Golden Touch operates.
February 23, 2018
The shuttles provide ground service for passengers arriving and departing on regional Delta flights, as well as an employee shuttle from parking lots to Delta terminals.
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Golden Touch Transportation of NY Inc. awarded New Flyer with an order for 12 Xcelsior® clean-diesel, 40-foot, heavy-duty transit buses.
Golden Touch, a subsidiary of Transdev North America, will deploy the buses at John F. Kennedy International Airport to support the expansion of Delta Air Lines’ JFK Jitney Shuttle service that Golden Touch operates. The shuttles provide ground service for passengers arriving and departing on regional Delta flights, as well as an employee shuttle from parking lots to Delta terminals.
“New Flyer is proud to support Golden Touch Transportation with efficient and reliable transit buses to continue delivering leading transportation services in the New York area,” said Wayne Joseph, president, New Flyer of America. “It is important that we help move Americans where they need to go every day, and we are proud to be relied on by Golden Touch, Delta Air Lines, and JFK airport to move people safely and affordably through New York’s busiest airport.”
Golden Touch is the leading ground transportation provider in the metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut areas, with a fleet comprised of luxury coach buses, Mercedes Sprinters, vans, SUVs, and Cadillac sedans.
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